Yeah 144.7 H/s here with v6 (I didn't know it was out until you mentioned it).

Adaseb, great work. I'm reaching 125 H/s on a single Asus 280x using your strap bios (able to reach it with an OC'd 5820k at 4.5ghz), Claymore v5.0, -i 2.

I have yet to hear of a "deposit" into one's credit card or debit card since it's normally tied to a bank. Some people use the re-loadable Walmart cash cards because of this.

An easy chart to read is this one from Coindesk: http://www.coindesk.com/price/

Or a more extensive one would be this: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/?exg=BTCE

There's a sort of new trade risk running around online. If you're using a 2FA (factor authentication), you're still vulnerable.

What does it do?:
A person that you've traded with or about to make a trade contacted you via your cell phone number. The user then takes your mobile number, calls up the phone company, and have the number ported to his own personal account. Now, your email texts the number for password recovery, when means they now have access to your email and also your other login and information (which they can do with a password reset).

What can I do to protect myself?:
Make sure your mobile phone company has a block on porting your number without your security question answered or that it can only be done in person.

Depending on the needs, using an escrow service is the most secure way. Our mobile escrow app is also geared for local transactions as well too.

We at Waterhole believe in zCash as an excellent altcoin of the future for its anonymity confirmations. Therefore, our escrow/trading application, Waterhole Messenger (both iOS and Android), have already implemented the use of zCash as we've been testing extensively for several months using the beta zCash while it was in development.

The top guys will always have the most money. The difference between MLM and pyramid scheme is that the MLM actually has a product to market, though its methods are unorthodox and possibly unethical.

Any news, good or bad, is still news for Bitcoin though this one is kind of hilarious: high on drugs and brandishing a weapon.

From what I can tell, reputation is everything when it comes to escrow. Also, I have seen reputable sellers turning rogue and I'm talking about over 1000+ transactions going rogue. It's always a harsh blow to the marketplace when a known seller decides to go after greed or found himself in a huge debt.

Hi Slark, thank you for the kind feedback. I have actually been scammed several times and so I was forced to develop methods to counter and prevent future scams, as well as trying to think like a scammer in order to see what possible methods they would try next. For example, as I deal primarily with cash deposits, I had to slowly develop a way to find all the necessary requirements of a legitimate deposit on the receipt. Meanwhile, I learned how to read the codes on the receipt which would correlate with the bank's state, teller of the transaction, and whether it was a cash or check deposit. I have noticed that when people have ill intent in a transaction they will appear either overly friendly or very demanding. Since I have dealt with numerous daily transactions, it was easy for me at the beginning to let slip a few dollars but since then I have become more strict in each and every transaction.

One of the biggest scammer is Fastestcoins which ran a website by pulling in bank accounts from LocalBitcoins' sellers and, using the MIM method explained above, would aim for the sellers (going so far as blackmailing me) and the unsuspecting purchasers on their website. One of my biggest advice is to slowly build up your reputation/repertoire, even though it may take some time. This will allow you to earn the trust as a seller so that even if your pricing is slightly higher than others, your customer service will always trump theirs (that's what we were doing before as we gave mutual respect to our buyers).

I thought the old BTC-e site was not the best, until I saw this one. Wow, what is going on here.

This is a shady way of investing, and it's pretty much a guaranteed loss so don't be tempted to go this route.

Like others said, oranges to apples here. It's like asking which will last longer, the Chase Bank or the USD dollar.

Our Waterhole Marketplace app has an option to trade completely anonymously between users. This, however, still shows the reputation scores and feedback given but your username and identity are hidden from the other users.

Probably arbitrage trading between exchanges and taking the profit in the difference.

One of the most remarked (yet most ignored) advice for anyone doing anything related to finances/economy/business is to read the news every day, business news. Take 10 minutes of your morning to read Bloomberg at least or any reliable business sites and your views of the world would change. Now take that and apply it to the Bitcoin world.

Possibly the last thing you saw before you went to bed was that coat and umbrella, and it was imprinted on your mind and your subconscious used that to create that nightmare (possibly).

It needs a continual entertainment value in order to grow. There's a lot of potential as it is a well known icon established over 20 years.

If it sounds too good to be true, better get that fact-checked.